Necktie.



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NEGKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20, 1909.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

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NEGKTIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 20. 1909.

949,366, Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

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R v U my WITNESSES f INVENT R ATTORNEYS CHARLES REYNOLDS, OF JERSEYCITY, NEW JERSEY.

NECKTIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 15, 1910.

Application filed August 20, 1909. Serial No. 513,732.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,and residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties,of which the following is a specification, such as will enable thoseskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to neckties and particularly to what are known asfour-in-hand ties, and still more particularly to what are known as madeup four-in-hand ties; and the objectthereof is to provide a tie of thisclass which is composed of separate parts and may be made in the form ofa shield tie or a neck band tie and which, by reason of the fact that itis made up of separate parts, may be more cheaply manufactured thanother ties of its class; and with these and other objects in view theinvention consists in a tie or ties of the class specified constructedas hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate parts of myimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of a shield fourin-handtie made according to my invention. Fig. 2. a back view of the topportion thereof. Fig. 3. a front View showing one step in the method ofmaking the tie shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Fig. 4. a View similar to Fig. 8but showing another step in the process of making the tie. Fig. 5. aview similar to Figs. 3 and at but indicating the final step in theprocess of making the tie. Fig. 6. a plan view of the shield on whichthe tie shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive is made. Fig. 7. a view similarto Fig. 1 but showing my improved tie made up in the form of a neck bandtie. Fig. 8. a View similar to Fig. 3 but showing one step of theprocess of making the tie shown in Fig. 7, and Fig. 9. a view similar toFig. 4 but showing another step in the process of making the tie shownin Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention, as shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive, Iprovide a shield at which is of the usual general form and composed ofside wings a and a central downwardly directed projection a. The shielda is covered with the material from which the tie is made, as shown inFigs. 3 and 4 and I also provide two separate strips 7) and c of anysuitable material from which the tie proper is made. The strip I), inpractice, is made longer than the strip 0 and the end 6' thereof ispreferably reduced in width. The end 0 of the strip 0 is also preferablyreduced in width and said end 0 of the strip 0, is secured to the backof the shield a. The strip 6 is also secured to the back of the shield atransversely thereof and obliquely thereto as indicated in Fig. 3 andthe end portion 72 projects below said shield a predetermined distanceas clearly shown in said figure, and obliquely to the strip 0. At thisstage of the procedure the collar button engaging hook device (1, issecured to the back of the head 6 of the tie in the usual manner, saiddevice being composed of spring wire and parts (Z thereof. being passedthrough the strips b and c and through the tongue at of the shield ta asclearly shown in Fig. 3. This collar button engaging device d, however,is the same as other devices of this class and forms no part in myinvention. After the strips b and 0 have been connected with the shielda as described, the head or knot c of the tie is formed by folding thedmvnwardly directed portion If of the strip 7) around the upper endportion 0' of the strip 0, as shown at 7) in Fig. 4, said part I) beingcarried around in front of the upper part c of the strip a and thenpassed backwardly and around the back of said part c and under or backof the tongue a of the shield a, after which the end of the part b ofthe strip 1) is brought up in front of the end portion c of the strip 0and secured thereto and to the shield as shown at I) in Fig. 1, and thisproduces the result shown in Fig. 5 and forms the transverse front loopmembcrc of the knot or head 0 of the tie. In order to complete the tiethe longer end I) of the strip 7) is passed downwardly through the loopmember 0 of the knot or head of the tie and is pulled downwardly intoposition as shown in Fig. 1, and the tie is complete.

In the construction shown in Figs. 7 to 9 inclusive my improved tie ismade up in the form of a neck band tie and in this operation Isubstitute for the shield a a neck band member f to the central portionsof which the strips 6 and c are secured, the strip 6 being secured tothe back of the band f transversely thereof and obliquely thereto sothat the end portion 5 projects clownwardly therefrom, and the endportion 0 of the strip 0 being secured to and transversely of the frontof the band f as clearly indicated at Fig. 8. After the parts 6, 0 and fhave been connected as described the knot or head 9 of the tie shown inFig. 7 is formed as shown in Fig. 9, the end portion 6 of the strip 6being passed around the top portion 0 of the strip 0 and brought forwardand secured to the top of the end portion 0 of the strip 0 and to theband f at 03 as shown in Fig. 4, after which the longer end portion ofthe strip Z) is passed downwardly through the loop or band 0 the same asin Fig. l to form the complete tie shown in Fig. 7. This form of tie ispar ticularly designed for use in standing collars and the ends of thebands f may be connected at the back of the neck as shown at f by anysuitable fastening device f and The shield 64 constitutes the neck band,or collar member in the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive,and a tie made in this manner is particularly designed for use inconnection with turn down collars, while in the construction shown inFigs. 7 to 9 inclusi've the band f constitutes the neck band member andit will be seen that these two parts constitute the only difiierencebetween the separate parts herein shown and described.

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is A made-up four-inhand tie composed of aneck member and two separate strips of flexible material connectedtherewith, the end of one of said strips being connected with the neckmember and the other strip being connected with said neck member andranging transversely thereof so as to divide said strip into twoprojecting parts one of which is longer than the other and both of whichare used in forming the knot or head of the tie.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 19th day of August1909.

CHARLES REYNOLDS.

Witnesses:

IDA REYNOLDS, MARIAN REYNOLDS.

